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Twitter Ethics and the Olympics

Aug 15, 2016

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Reading Time: 2 minutesSports and live events are Twitter Cash cows, as a result of which the will of those contributing to twitter financially is given priority. I have seen two or three tweets about the speed with which olympicÂ animÂ gifs and other content is removed. In one case I saw that content is pulled down…

Online communities and socialising in person

Jul 31, 2016

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richard

in social networking, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesOnline communities and socialising in person can be a challenge for people. Either they are shy, lacking the courage to meet with strangers and start a conversation or they are introverts, interested in being in a group but not necessarily toÂ participate in theÂ conversations. The question was “how to go to aÂ glocalsÂ meeting when…

Playing Ingress and Pokemon Go in parallel

Jul 30, 2016

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richard

in ingress, social networking, tech related, virtual reality

Reading Time: 2 minutesPeople are playing Ingress and Pokemon Go in Parallel. Both games use the same geo-located points and walk the same routes. They have the same places to farm and combat. I started playing Ingress again, but only a few minutes here and there. As I play I see new faces and new…

Networking around Pokemon Go

Jul 29, 2016

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richard

in social networking, summer holidays, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesNetworking around Pokemon Go is less interesting now that everyone plays the game. I have heard non geeks talk about Pokemon Go. They spokeÂ about the large crowds that are staring at their phones in places like Ouchy. The value of social movements is to be part of a small, passionate group of…

Did anything happn?

Jul 12, 2016

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richard

in social media, social media living room, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesHappn is a location based dating app, at least in theory. I have had the app on my mobile phones for a year or more and have yet to meet a Happn user in person. In theory Happn shows you who you have crossed paths with and where. It also tells you…

Post-fact Britain

Jul 6, 2016

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richard

in observation, Post-university life, Social Media Deontology

Reading Time: 4 minutesI was in the graduating class of 2000 with 99 other students representing more than one hundred countries. As an individual I already have three nationalities and four identities. I am British, Italian, Polish and a foreigner living near Geneva, Switzerland. As a result of this mixture I said, when I was…

Discussing News on Facebook

Jul 5, 2016

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richard

in facebook, social media, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesDiscussing News on Facebook is not as interesting as it is on Google Plus. On Facebook publishers and friends tend to share and promote clickbait rather than articles that they have actively looked for and read. Google+ in contrast is a place where people surf the web reading news stories and when…

Thoughts on the Conversational Sharing of Links

Jun 22, 2016

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richard

in social media, social networking

Reading Time: 3 minutesFacebook and twitter were first and foremost about conversations between individuals. It is only later that thoughts on the conversational sharing of links became relevant. In a conversational environment you may see headlines and either comment or re-share them without taking the time to read the article. In taking the time to…

IFTTT – Instagram to Twitter

Jun 22, 2016

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richard

in social media, social media living room, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesInstagram is still a healthy social network. It still finds an engaged group of users who want to share their adventures, meals, friendships and more with other users. Some of them love sharing selfies and others share beautiful landscapes. This keeps the network vibrant and young. Twitter on the other hand has…

Content creation and Social Networks

Jun 22, 2016

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richard

in social media, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesContent creation and Social Networks both fulfil our need to communicate with others. In one case we are working on the long form and creating content in blog form, photographs, well produced videos and more and through certainÂ social networks we do the opposite.Â On twitter and facebook we spend most of our time…

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